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Short clip of Some Enchanted Evening, sung by Alfie Boe at Tabernacle Chapel last night.

These aren't very good. Couldn't use flash as I didn't want to upset the proceedings. Young Graham Harries from GPhotography had a flashier camera and I'll bet he's got some super photos.

Aflie Boe with Adele O’Neill, the Llanelli Choral Society, Hywel Girls Choir and Hywel Boy Singers at Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelli. Alfie Boe came, saw and conquered when he ventured into Llanelli, one of the heartlands of the Welsh choral tradition. There was something of the rock star about Boe’s appearance – cruising up to the chapel vestry at Tabernacle in a shiny blue Bentley limousine and taking the ‘stage’ in T-shirt and cloth waistcoat. Well, it wasn’t so much of a stage – it was a case of “the first time I’ve sung in a pulpit” for the Lancashire singer who is the current holder of the unofficial Britain’s Most Popular Tenor title. A pulpit may not be the best canvas to display years of stagecraft (even if Boe did attempt a tap dance at one stage!), but this concert wasn’t about showmanship; it was all about the voice. And, boy, what a voice. There was a Neapolitan air to Boe’s first-half appearance with Tosti’s A Vuccella and Marchiare and Parlami d’Amore by Bixio and Ghitarrra...

Off to see tenor Alfie Boe in concert with the Llanelli Choral Society and Hywel Girls Choir and Boy Singers.

After great secrecy, the musical veil has been lifted on the exciting programme which awaits audiences when the nation’s favourite tenor, Alfie Boe, performs in a grand choral performance in Llanelli. When Alfie Boe joins the conductor John Hywel Williams, Llanelli Choral Society, Hywel Girls’ Choir & Hywel Boy Singers, Adele O’Neill, pianist Jean Hywel and organist Huw Tregelles Williams, audiences will enjoy a colourful masterpiece programme of music of solo and great choral ensembles spanning theatre musicals and classical as well as great choruses from opera and oratorio. After Alfie Boe’s acclaimed leading role performance of Jean Valjean in the sold-out 25th anniversary concert performance of Les Miserables at the London O2 Arena at the personal request of Sir Cameron Mackintosh, audiences will be thrilled to hear that the programme will include an exciting mass-choral compilation with Alfie Boe with world-favourites from Les Miserables such as ‘At the End of the Day’, ‘Do yo...

A sell-out capacity audience will welcome West End singing star and Classical Brits nominee Alfie Boe when he performs in Llanelli in September. Alfie Boe will join the great voices of the Llanelli Choral Society, Hywel Girls’ Choir & Hywel Boy Singers, pianist Jean Hywel, organist Huw Tregelles Williams – all under the direction of John Hywel Williams MBE – for the sell-out performance at the grand setting of Llanelli’s Tabernacle Chapel. Alfie Boe – regarded as the nation’s favourite tenor – is no stranger to the world famous stage of both opera and the West End as well as television and radio broadcasts. Currently enjoying record sales of his albums, Alfie is currently reprising the starring role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables in London’s West End at the personal request of Sir Cameron Mackintosh, ahead of Alfie’s sell-out UK “Bring Him Home Tour” later this year. “It is thrilling to see the performance an absolute sell-out”, explains acclaimed local conductor, John Hyw...

West End singing star and Classical Brits nominee Alfie Boe will thrill local audiences in September when he comes to Llanelli for a spectacular performance. Alfie will join the great voices of the Llanelli Choral Society, Hywel Girls’ Choir & Hywel Boy Singers, soprano Adele O’Neill, pianist Jean Hywel, organist Huw Tregelles Williams – all under the direction of John Hywel Williams MBE. Alfie – regarded as the nation’s favourite tenor – is no stranger to the world famous stage of both opera and the West End and television and radio broadcasts. Currently enjoying record sales of his albums, Alfie is currently reprising the starring role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables in London’s West End at the personal request of Sir Cameron Mackintosh, ahead of Alfie’s sell-out UK “Bring Him Home Tour” later this year. “The performance will undoubtedly be a sell-out”, explains acclaimed local conductor, John Hywel Williams, pictured above. “It is always exciting to bring great and popular art...